Question

【题目】Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. involuntary B. features C. suspect D. track E. peculiar F. signals

G. store H. permits I. unlock J. sustain K. scale

The human face is a remarkable piece of work. The astonishing variety of facial 【1】 helps people recognize each other and is crucial to the formation of complex societies. So is the face’s ability to send emotional 【2】, whether through a(n) 【3】 blush or a false smile. People spend much of their waking lives, in the office and the courtroom as well as the bar and the bedroom, reading faces, for signs of attraction, hostility and trust.

Technology is rapidly catching up with the human ability to read faces. In America facial recognition is used by churches to 【4】 worshippers’ attendance; in Britain, by retailers to spot past shoplifters. This year Welsh police used it to arrest a(n) 【5】 outside a football game. In China it verifies the identities of ride-hailing drivers, 【6】 tourists to enter attractions and lets people pay for things with a smile. Apple’s new iPhone is expected to use it to 【7】 the homescreen.

Set against human skills, such applications might seem gradual. Some breakthroughs, such as flight or the Internet, obviously transform human abilities; facial recognition seems merely to encode them. Although faces are 【8】 to individuals, they are also public, so technology does not, at first sight, intrude on something that is private. And yet the ability to record, 【9】 and analyze images of faces cheaply, quickly and on a vast 【10】 promises one day to bring about fundamental changes to notions of privacy, fairness and trust.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】F

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【6】H

【7】I

【8】E

【9】G

【10】K

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了面部识别在各个领域的的应用及前景。

【1】考查名词。句意：面部特征惊人的多样性有助于人们相互识别，对复杂社会的形成至关重要。做主语用名词，facial features表示“面部特征”，故填B。

【2】考查名词。句意：无论是通过不自觉的脸红还是虚假的微笑，脸都能传递情感信号。做动词send的宾语用名词，根据“send emotional”可知此处表示“信号”，故填F。

【3】考查形容词。句意同上，修饰名词blush用形容词，根据“blush or a false smile”可知此处表示“不自觉的、无意识的”，故填A。

【4】考查动词。句意：在美国，教会使用面部识别来追踪信徒的出席情况。空前的to为不定式符号，此处需要填动词原形，根据“worshippers’ attendance”可知此处表示“追踪”，故填D。

【5】考查名词。句意：今年威尔士警方用它在一场足球比赛外逮捕了一名嫌疑人。做动词arrest的宾语用名词，根据句意可知此处表示“犯罪嫌疑人”，故填C。

【6】考查动词。句意：在中国，用它核实代驾司机的身份，允许游客进入景点，让人们微笑着付钱。and连接三个并列的动词，根据“tourists to enter attractions”可知此处表示“允许”，故填H。

【7】考查动词。句意：苹果公司的新iPhone有望使用它来解锁主屏幕。空前的to是不定式符号，此处填动词原形，根据“the homescreen”可知此处表示“解锁”，故填I。

【8】考查形容词。句意：尽管面孔是个人特有的，但它们也是公共的，所以技术不会在乍一看之下侵犯个人隐私。be peculiar to表示“是……特有的”，故填E。

【9】考查动词。句意：然而，廉价、快速、大规模地记录、存储和分析人脸图像的能力，有望有一天给隐私、公平和信任的观念带来根本性的改变。and连接三个并列动词，根据“analyze images of faces”可知此处表示“存储”，故填G。

【10】考查名词。句意同上，作介词on的宾语用名词，on a vast scale表示“大规模的、在很广的范围内”，故填K。